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Erle Stanley Gardner... For the Prosecution?
Best known for his Perry Mason novels, Gardner also had an excellent series featuring district attorney Doug Selby.
by Michael Mallory
Sharon Bolton
Unreliable narrators, social issues, and isolated locations wrapped up in heart-pounding suspense.
by Oline H. Cogdill
The Authorship Whodunit
Sometimes determing a work’s true creator is not as straightforward as one might think.
by Jon L. Breen
Alex Marwood
Both her grandmothers were writers and Marwood seems to have inherited the creativity gene.
by Oline H. Cogdill
Hardboiled Anxiety: The Freudian Desires of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald
An illuminating new book looks at the psyches of three of the genre’s greats.
by Tom Nolan
Laura McHugh: Tied by Blood
Family relationships are at the heart of McHugh’s novels.
by Oline H. Cogdill
The Hook
First lines that caught our attention.
Gormania: S.J. Rozan
A chat with the author of the Bill Smith and Lydia Chin novels.
by Ed Gorman
“Death by Hollywood” Crossword
by Verna Suit
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At the Scene
by Kate Stine
Mystery Miscellany
by Louis Phillips
Hints & Allegations
2016 Awards for the Thriller, Ellis, Lambda and Audie, plus the Harper Lee Prize
My Book Essays
Elaine Viets, Neely Tucker, Daniella Bernett, Carole Nelson Douglas
Reviews
Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents
by Betty Webb
Very Original: Paperback Originals Reviewed
by Lynne Maxwell & Hank Wagner
Sounds of Suspense: Audiobooks Reviewed
by Dick Lochte
What About Murder? Reference Books Reviewed
by Jon L. Breen
Mystery Scene Reviews
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